Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-11
TWELVE INNINGS.
YESTERDAYS CONTEST BETWEEN LANbN-
WILLIE AND WHEELING
Wheeling Plays Better Fielding Game
But Is Oltbauei Other League
Games YrHerlay.

Tia. home team WAS again defeated yes
trrdav, by ZAneysille in twelve inning
came, and it was only by good playing III
the latter part Of the game that the Ma
.roops came out rs well ~ they did. Sdill-
van. whose ankle is not nearly well yet
went in the box ior Wheeling, while Lem
nm. ,f,iriatrd as cannon ball thr0wer Tor
fine visitors. The boys could not hit HIM
with auy degree Of success and only sue
.r.,ded in getting eleven hits with total
or tnnrtecu oil him, while Sullivan was MT
,,rty,nty with 4 total Of twenty eight
Umpire Mckinney aGam controlled the
d,stiuics of the game, and did better IMAM
On the previous day, although he had mnch
IA do with Wheeling losing yesterday =
zane his decisions against her being male
al critical points.
Wheeling failed to score in the first IN
ming. due to poor base running In the
visitors half johnson hit two-baggtr,
then went home on bad throws hS Crogan
and BAILEY. The side then retired. In
the second Sol White got over the home
Mate in about the same manner That
Inhnson did, aud then the side retired. III
their half Lemons hit safe got to second
and over the home plate by SmulthWaite .
single. The latter, in attempting To steal
second, was very plainly thrown OUT ny
Steptzel, but Mckinney decided other
WISE. But he didn't get to score.
In the third, with two men out, Lemon.
mt one through Nicholson back HAIR, and
he claimed base, hut Mckinney felt the
hair. and rs he could find no evidence that
the ball had whistled through it, Nlch0l-
son had to pound the ball To right, who
clupht him ont. The visitors retired with
,ut q -corr Neither side scored IN tht
fourth. In the last half Vi this inning,
with two men out, Smurthwatr walled
nm to the home plate, when handsome
bouuuct was handed htw Tins evidently
broke Bobby all up, ion he imlned'arely
tugncd in aud struck cut, amid the plaudlls
of the audience.
Wheeling again missed connection IN the
fifth. With the assistance III several tf'
rors lhrec-bagger and a wild Wtch'
Johnson aud Mccain succeeded III crosslny
the home-plate when the side retired. IN
the sixth Wheeling went Out in onc.two'
three order, and X.nrSville was also Seni
back to the field without run.
la the seventh the boys banged the bali
far q short time, and with the assistance
nr nm error or two, Bailey and Bell got over
IN. plarr Oh Crogau's hit Nicholson va.
.,IlaJ ant ,t second. when Mem lllaiI
missed him 10y Il yard, and the side retired,
Nv hand hitting in their half the visitors
.u,,r,I,i in getting Mccain home ana
Fry had ambitions that war too, ia,
N,rau.'S pretty throw to Strnil.t enied
lrs career aud retired the side
In the eighth Steutzel got urst ana was
mined in stealing second. Myers got IL
first ON an error, stole second, got To third
on 4 wide throw and home on White $ hit
Bailey then walked up aud banged the
sphere over the fence Tor twU bases bring
iirr White in. Sullivan hit to Smurth.
waite who lumbled it, aud got White
home. The side was then retired by
Nichols ily with the score standing q TO .,
and the people yelled themselves hoaisr
The visitors goose cgged, and IN the n1ntu
Wheeling did the same. The Muskngum
boys then cot Welsh to first on White :
error and Mccain followed him by lining
the ball out to left for three bases. lie
wanted too much, however, and was
thrown out at the plate and was laid out
by running into StentzeI. That tied the
score amidst loud applause.
I'm the nest three innings Wheeling was
goose-eggcd, and in the visitors : hall OF
the twelfth. with one man ont aud Frye ol
third base, StentZel bad passed bail and
Frye made the winning run. Following
is the score in detail.